Building Sustainable Communities
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PART 2: Building Sustainable Communities Contents Page Building Sustainable Communities 18 Housing 19 Housing Market Areas 19 Housing Land Supply 21 Towns, Villages and Other Settlements 23 Countryside Housing 25 Affordable Housing 31 Special Needs Housing 33 Residential Homes 34 Residential Caravans 34 Gypsy / Traveller Sites 35 Villa Property 35 House Extensions 36 Working 37 Angus Towns – Employment Land 37 Employment Land Supply 37 Industrial and Business Use 39 Low Amenity Uses 39 Working from Home 39 Rural Employment 40 Tourism 40 Defence Establishments 42 Town Centres and Retailing 43 Town Centres 43 Retailing 45 Local Shops 46 Amenity Considerations 46 Car Showrooms 47 Sport and Recreation 48 Sports and Recreation Facilities 48 Open Space 49 Noise and Sport 50 Golf Courses 51 Paths and Access Rights 52 Community Facilities and Services 53 Community Service Provision 53 Healthcare 53 Education 53 Cemetery Provision 54 Transport and Communication 55 Walking and Cycling 55 Buses 57 Rail 58 Road Network 58 Roadside Facilities 59 Freight 61 Telecommunications 62 Angus Local Plan Review 17 BUILDING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES 2.1 Key elements of sustainable and vibrant places include a variety of quality, affordable homes in attractive locations, access to the right type of job, interesting and exciting leisure pursuits, and a wide range of shops and services. In such communities there is a careful balance between the need for new development and the protection of the local environment, development is energy efficient and does not generate unnecessary waste and pollution, people don’t have to travel far between home, work, shops and leisure and where they have to there are a variety of ways to get around. 2.2 In helping to build sustainable communities in Angus this Local Plan gives priority to: x Guiding the majority of development such as housing, employment, retail and leisure to locations within the Angus towns and villages which can best accommodate development making use of existing and planned transport and other infrastructure; x Locating residential, employment, leisure and shopping uses in proximity to one another in order to improve accessibility for all and minimise the need to travel, especially by car; x Locating new developments, particularly those generating high levels of traffic, to sites where there is a choice of means of transport; x Providing a mix and range of housing developments to meet the needs and aspirations of all sectors of the community; x Providing a range of employment sites in key locations to meet demand and stimulate investment in Angus, and making provision for rural diversification projects; x Supporting the maintenance and improvement of the transport network to provide safe and efficient ways to travel, including promoting alternatives to the use of the private car; x Supporting the provision of a range of facilities such as shops, schools, hospitals and other public facilities to serve local areas; x Ensuring development makes a contribution towards protection of the environment, resource management, reducing pollution, and developing energy efficiency. Angus Local Plan Review 18 HOUSING 2.3 Housing is a significant land use and as such can have a major SPP3 : Planning for Housing (2003) impact on the character of an area. In promoting a sustainable A key aim of planning is to provide approach to development in Angus, the Local Plan seeks to provide well-located, high quality, new opportunities for more people to gain access to housing which meets housing. their needs and to encourage the creation of a variety of high quality housing developments whether it is a single house in the countryside or urban development on a larger scale. The housing strategy of the 2.4 This Local Plan directs the majority of new housing to sites Dundee and Angus Structure within existing settlements where development can best be Plan seeks to: x establish the broad scale and accommodated and the most effective use of existing and planned distribution of housing land infrastructure can be made. Land allocations are made with regard provision across housing market to the requirements of the Dundee and Angus Structure Plan, and areas; are expressed on the basis of housing market areas (HMAs). x provide opportunities for building quality homes within each housing market area in 2.5 In rural areas, outwith defined development boundaries, priority support of the existing role of communities, affording priority is given to encouraging the conversion of appropriate buildings and to the reuse of previously the reuse of underused or vacant sites. There is also support for developed land where limited new house building in the countryside. In the more remote appropriate; and rural areas which are losing population and/or local services, single x accommodate sensitive residential development in the new dwellings on appropriate sites and the creation of small groups countryside. of housing related to existing properties will be supported, to encourage the maintenance and growth of rural communities. PAN 67 : Housing Quality (2003) Housing development is changing the face of urban and rural 2.6 The Scottish Executive has published specific guidance in Scotland. What we build today will constitute an enduring legacy. relation to the design of housing developments in February 2003 – Planning Advice Note 67: Housing Quality. The publication of this Housing is the largest single urban guidance emphasises the higher level of importance placed on the land use. The design, quality and character of what is built will play a quality of design in new housebuilding. The guidance reinforces that large part in shaping our cities, the planning process has an essential role to play in ensuring that towns, villages and rural places for the design of new housing reflects its context, reinforces local and decades to come. Scottish identity and is integrated into the movement and settlement patterns of the wider area. Housing Market Areas Dundee and Angus Structure 2.7 The housing figures in this Local Plan are expressed on the Plan basis of the housing market areas identified by Communities Housing Policy 2 : Dundee and South Angus Housing Market Scotland and reflect those referred to in the Dundee and Angus Area (part) – In allocating land in Structure Plan (DASP). These are: the Dundee and South Angus housing market area to meet the additional allowances in Schedule x Arbroath 1, Local Plans will ensure that : x Brechin/Montrose x Priority is given to the reuse of x Forfar, Kirriemuir and the Angus Glens previously developed land to x South Angus (that part of the Greater Dundee HMA within provide a 5 year land supply; x The Dundee Western Angus and covering Carnoustie, Monifieth and the Sidlaws). Gateway provides a focus for planned integrated development, including greenfield housing land release; and Angus Local Plan Review 19 Area of Angus within Brechin/Montrose the Cairngorms National Park SP Allowance 2001-11 835 (Indicative allowance 2011 16) (400) Completions 2001/04 224 Planning Permissions 291 Remaining Requirement 320 Edzell Forfar, Kirriemuir and the Angus Glens SP Allowance 2001-11 1085 (Indicative allowance 2011 16) (525) Completions 2001/04 223 Planning Permissions 213 Remaining Requirement 649 Hillside Brechin Montrose Kirriemuir Forfar Letham Friockheim Inverkeilor Glamis Arbroath Newtyle Monikie Muirhead & Carnoustie Birkhill Wellbank Arbroath Monifieth SP Allowance 2001-11 850 (Indicative allowance 2011 16) (410) Completions 2001/04 325 Planning Permissions 207 South Angus - Carnoustie, Remaining Requirement 318 Monifieth & the Sidlaws SP Allowance 2001-11 1045 (Indicative allowance 2011 16) (350) Completions 2001/04 401 Planning Permissions 552 Remaining Requirement 92 Arbroath HMA Brechin/Montrose HMA Forfar,Kirriemuir & Glens HMA (C) CROWN COPYRIGHT, ANGU8US COUNCIL 100023404, 2008. South Angus HMA Angus Local Plan Review 20 x Proposals for major 2.8 Figure 2.1, page 22 shows the housing market areas and development on greenfield includes a summary of the housing land supply position at 2004 for sites elsewhere in the Dundee each. The Dundee and Angus Structure Plan allowances for each and South Angus housing area over the 2001 – 2011 and 2011 – 2016 periods are identified. market area will not be permitted where this would The level of new housing which this Local Plan needs to plan for, seriously prejudice taking account of completions between 2001 and 2004 and the implementation of the Dundee number of sites with planning permission is also shown. Sites are Western Gateway development. In the Monifieth, allocated in the Settlement Statements in Part 4 of the Plan. Where Carnoustie and Sidlaw area, sites allocated in the Plan are phased to extend beyond 2011 they additions to the effective housing land supply will be will contribute towards meeting the indicative allowances for the focussed on the main 2011 – 2016 period. Where appropriate, specific proposals refer to settlements of Monifieth and this in order to guide the phasing of future development and Carnoustie and contribute to a range and choice of sites investment planning. throughout the wider housing market area. Housing Land Supply Dundee and Angus Structure Plan 2.9 The Local Plan allocates housing development in the main Housing Policy 4 : Angus settlements in each housing market area, giving priority to the reuse Housing Market Areas – Local and redevelopment of brownfield sites where possible, and where Plans will allocate land to meet the allowances detailed in Schedule 1. the resulting development is capable of providing an attractive, A range and choice of sites should liveable residential environment. In addition some greenfield sites be provided in each housing are allocated to provide an element of choice and to assist in market area and priority given to the reuse of previously developed meeting the housing requirements of the Dundee and Angus land. The majority of the additional Structure Plan. These allocations augment the existing supply of allowances for each market area sites that already have planning permission.